The multi-faceted assessment of independence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Preliminary validation from the ATTAIN study

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1443-1453

  Hassett, Afton L ^a   Li, Tracy ^b   Buyske, Steven ^c   Savage, Shantal V ^a   Gignac, Monique A M ^d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abatacept; Disability; Independence; Outcome measures; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 44349121149     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079908X297376     Document Type: Article

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